Articles by Liz Guilbault

British Columbia will once again have a Human Rights Commission. Newly in-power NDP Premier John Horgan made the announcement last week, returning the commission to the province after it was shuttered 15 years ago. The…

Winston Blackmore and James Oler, former leaders of the religious community Bountiful in southeastern BC, have been convicted of polygamy. Both are members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a sect…

Last week a BC court denied an adjournment of the case raised by the BCCLA and the John Howard’s Society regarding the constitutionality of solitary confinement. The federal government wanted to adjourn the case because…

If the BC government amends the Immediate Roadside Prohibition (“IRP”) scheme to include drug impairment, a constitutional challenge cannot be brought against the proposed anti-drugged-driving federal legislation. BC is unlike many provinces in Canada, because…

Last month, a BC Supreme Court judge held a change in the criminal pardons process is unconstitutional. In 2012, the Conservative government changed the Criminal Records Act to double the amount of time a person…

A potential Charter challenge in the BC polygamy case will have to wait till the judge delivers her decision on the criminal trial. Two men from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-day Saints…